Vise for holding vehicle-springs.



V. R. CANNON.

VlSE FOR. HOLDING VEHICLE SPRINGS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,1918.

1,313,256- Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

PATENT, OFFICE.

VERNONR. CANNON, 0F 'snrULPA, O LAHOMA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 19,1919;

. Application filed July 22, 1918. Serial No.'246,21:1.

at all it'may concern:

Be it known that I, VERNON 'R. CANNON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at of this character adapted to hold and clamp the leavesnf a spring together so that a centering liolt may be readily passed through the intermediate portions of the said leaves for connecting the leaves or so that a suit able saddlewclip may abeconnected with the spring.

The invention has :as a further object to provide a vise having a fixed. jaw and a movable aw and wherein each of the jaws will provided with spaced arms in order that a centering ibolt maybe inserted between the arms of the jaws through the leaves of a spring held by the vise.

And the invention has as a still further object 'toprovide a vise wherein the leaves of a spring may be placed 'edgewise between the jaw-s one against the other and wherein the body o the vise will be formed to support the spring .leavesilIush with each other sothat the bolt holes the leaves may be readily brought into register for receiving a centering bolt therethrough.

' Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds. In the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved vise mounted upon a suitable bench therefor and illustrating in dotted lines, the manner in which the leaves of a spring are placed between the jaws of the vise,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view more particularly illustrating the mounting of the clamping screw of the vise,

Fig 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1 and looking toward the movable jaw, this view particularly showing the mounting of the movable ,jaw of the vise, and

. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section showing .the manner in which the innermost stop nuton the adjusting screw is received within the recess of the fixed jaw.

In carrying out the invention I employ a preferably oblong body block or base 10 formed throughoutthe major portion of, its length with a channel 11 opening throughthe top face-off the base and one end thereoflithis channel being substantially T-shaped. in

:cross section. 'At one end the base is-formed with an end wall 12 closing the channel at x itsadjacent end, anclrising from this end wall is a fixed jaw including upstanding parallel arms 13 joined by a connecting -;portion- 14=-between the inner-ends of the arms. The, arms are, as best shown in Fig. 1,;arranged in spaced relation at opposite sides of the channel 11 and the connecting portion 14 rises above the top face of the base. In this connection it should be observedsthat the top face of the base is flat Slid-able upon the base toward and away from the fixed jaw is a movable jaw including upstanding paral- .lel arms 15 corresponding to the arms 13 of the fixed jaw and spaced apart a distance corresponding to the {distance loe tween said latterarms. Joining the'arm's 15 at their inner ends is a connecting portion 16 seating against the upper face of the base and adapted to ride thereon at opposite sides of the channel 11. Depending from said connecting portion into the channel, is a substantially T-shaped head 17 slidably fitting within the channel and connecting the movable jaw with the base. As best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the connecting portion 16 of the movable jaw is of a thickness corresponding to the connecting portion 14 of the fixed jaw so that these connecting portions thus rise an equal distance above the upper face of the base.

Loosely journaled through the end wall 12 of the base at the inner end of the channel 11, medially of the said channel, is a screw 18 threaded at its outer end through the head 17 of the movable jaw. At its inner end, this screw is extended to form an operating crank 19 for the screw and this crank is preferably equipped with a suitable han dle 20. Threaded upon the screw to abut the outer face of the end wall 12 is a stop nut 21 and threaded upon the screw to abut the inner face of said end wall is a similar stop nut 22 cooperating with the nut 21 for holding the screw against longitudinal sliding movement upon the base. Thus, it will be clear that by operating the crank 18, the

screw 17 may be rotated for shifting the movable jaw toward or away from the fixed jaw. As particularly shown in Fig. 2, the nut 22 is partly received within a suitable recess 23 in the inner face of the end wall 12 and the inner face of the head '17 of the movable jaw is provided with a similar recess 24 to accommodate the projecting portion of said nut so that the movable jaw may be shifted to abut the fixed jaw. I

In use, the base of my improved vise may be rested upon a suitable bench therefor, as conventionally shown at 25, and is connected with the bench by a plurality of bolts or other suitable fastening devices 26 fitted loosely through the base adjacent its corners and at their lower ends receiving nuts for firmly clamping the vise to the bench. Leaves of a vehicle spring may thus, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, be placed edgewise between the fixed and movable jaws resting fiat upon the fiat upper face of base, which will thus support the spring leaves flush with each other. Consequently, the leaves may be readily shifted longitudinally with respect to each other to bring the bolt openings in the intermediate portions of the leaves into register in a plane between the spaced arms of the jaws. Then, by turning the crank 19, the movable jaw may be shifted toward the fixed jaw for compressing the leaves of the spring and clampingthem together when a centering bolt may be passed through the registering bolt holes of the leaves for firmly connecting the said leaves. In like manner a saddle clip may be readily attached with the spring. In this connection it is to be particularly noted that by employing the spaced arms upon the fixed and movable jaws of the vise, ample clearance is provided between the arms to allow ready access to the intermediate portions of the spring leaves at the registering openings therein, for insertin a centering bolt through the said registermg openings between the arms. I accordingly provide a particularly efficient construction for the purpose set forth and, at the same time, a vise which is characterized by simplicity of construction and ease of operation.

It will, of course, be understood that while I have indicated that the vise is particularly designed to be employed in assemblingthe leaves of vehicle springs, still, the vise is also well adapted for general use and I do not,

therefore, wish to be limited in this regard.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A Vise of the character described including a base provided with a channel closed at one end by an end wall of the base, a fixed jaw rising from said end wall, a movable jaw rising from the base and provided with ahead slidably engaging insaid channel, a screw loosely fitted through said end wall and engaged with the head of the movable jaw for shifting the movable jaw toward or away from the fixed jaw, and inner and outer nuts threaded upon the screw to confrontopposite sides of the end wall for holding i'hescrew against longitudinal movement therethrough, the said end wall being provided with a recess partially receiving the inner nut and the head of the movable jaw being provided with a similar recess adapted to receive the projecting portion of said inner nut whereby the movablev jaw may be shifted to abut the fixed jaw.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

VERNON R. CANNON. [1,. s]

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